your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
go away; leave; get lost; fuck off; scram
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
perfect score; full marks; perfection; grading out of a hundred; grading on a scale of 0 to 100
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
older sister; elder sister
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate